Senior IV&V Systems Engineer – Defence (SC/DV)

Ultra Electronics Group; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Cover

25 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

Pension Contribution

4 x Life Assurance

Flexible working hours

Security Clearance Allowance

Job summary

Ultra Intelligence & Communications Cyber (UK) is seeking a senior Project/Systems Engineer to lead IV&V across programs, ensuring requirements, architecture and test evidence meet design-for-cost and design-for-manufacture goals.

You will mentor junior staff, manage cross-disciplinary teams, and uphold rigorous security and safety standards while engaging with UK stakeholders and test houses.

Qualifications

• Has extant/recent SC security clearance
• Willing and able to travel within the UK to support external stakeholders, test houses and customers.
• Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or have applicable defence industry experience.
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering/V&V experience of solutions formed of Hardware, Software and Firmware components.
• Has designed and delivered special to type test equipment to meet the diverse requirements generated across multi-concurrent projects.
• Safety and security management for test environments including laboratories, able to build a business case to ensure that test environments are suitably available, safe & secure.
• Demonstrable experience of INCOSE/ISO 15288 Systems Engineering of complex solutions and delivered IV&V in accordance with ISO 29119.

Responsibilities

• Line management of a team of systems engineers (2-6), responsible for their development, training and approval of the team’s requests (e.g. annual leave etc.)
• Technical management of a team of systems discipline engineers (1-5) on a project, their tasking and being responsible for the quality of their technical delivery and adherence to schedule and budget.
• Subject Matter Expertise, and recognised as an expert in a specific subject matter, such as a specific product/technology/tooling/practice type or area.
• Provide specialist IV&V knowledge and coaching to engineers and non-technical resources.
• Manage security of information as defined in the Security Aspects and Government regulations.

Skills

Security clearance (SC)

UK travel

DV clearance

Education

Degree in Engineering/Mathematics/Physics

Tools

IV&V tooling

Automation frameworks

Job description

Ultra Intelligence & Communications Cyber (UK) is seeking a senior Project/Systems Engineer to lead IV&V across programs, ensuring requirements, architecture and test evidence meet design-for-cost and design-for-manufacture goals.

You will mentor junior staff, manage cross-disciplinary teams, and uphold rigorous security and safety standards while engaging with UK stakeholders and test houses.